Wretched Quotes

328 quotes by 257 authors

Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. — Lucius Accius
My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As… — Teresa of Avila
Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy,… — Francis Bacon
Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations. — Mikhail Bakunin
Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly. — Aeschylus
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched. — Jean de la Bruyere
Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through. — Anthony Burgess
Gentle reader, the Fountain of Youth is radioactive, and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous fate of decaying metal. Yet… — William S. Burroughs
Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to… — Samuel Butler
There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else. — Andrew Carnegie
O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are! — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore, send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed,… — Emma Lazarus
It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others. — Juvenal
O Woe to his blinded soul! Saying this, he as it were said to God: "Thou Thyself are guilty, because the woman whom Thou gavest… — Symeon the New Theologian
What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind - the uglier we get in the eyes of others, the… — George Eliot
War: A wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization. — Omar N. Bradley
I've just discovered the secret of golf. You can't play a really hot game unless you're so miserable that you don't worry over your shots.… — P.G. Wodehouse
The wretched are in this respect fortunate, that they have the strongest yearning after happiness; and to desire is in some sense to enjoy. — William Hazlitt
There is no so wretched and coarse a soul wherein some particular faculty is not seen to shine. — Michel de Montaigne
None of us needs instruction in how to recognize what your heart is saying. We do need guidance, however, on how to have the courage… — Caroline Myss

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